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16 unusual facts about Slovakia


Břehy

Břehy is the name of several places in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Hosťovce

Hosťovce may refer to several places in Slovakia.

Hostovice

Hostovice may refer to several places in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Ilija

Ilija, Slovakia, a village and municipality in the Banská Štiavnica District, in the Banská Bystrica Region

Karel Plicka

Since 1988 there has been a museum dedicated to his work in the Slovak village of Blatnica.

Nemcovce

Nemcovce may refer to several places in Slovakia notably in the Prešov Region.

Neporadza

Neporadza may refer to several places in Slovakia.

Pucov

Pucov may refer to several places in Czech republic and Slovakia.

Radošovce

Radošovce may refer to several places in Slovakia notably in the Trnava Region.

Romani people in Slovakia

According to the last census from 2011, there were 105,738 persons counted as Romani people in Slovakia, or 2.0% of the population.

Silvaner

Silvaner is traditionally grown in the Limbach village in Slovakia, that is famous for its varietal Silvaner wines, and in its surroundings.

Slovan Bratislava

Slovan Bratislava is a Slovakian multi-sport club from Bratislava

Surrender at Világos

Cavalry Captain Katlaroff and Count Rüdiger delivered the offer to Görgey, who was at Rimaszombat (now Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia), giving the Hungarian officers and men total freedom.

Teplička

Teplička may refer to several places in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Turóc County

Lower Turóc – its center was Martin and the subregion corresponds to the present-day District of Martin

Vrbovce

Vrbovce, Slovakia, a village and municipality in Myjava District, Trenčín Region, north-western Slovakia


Abaújvár

There is an International Airport located only 20 km from Abaújvár in the city of Košice International Airport, Slovakia.

Absolut Warhola

The film follows the filmmakers as they travel through eastern Slovakia to interview Warhol's surviving relatives, ethnic-Ruthenians living near the Polish border in Miková, and to visit the Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce.

Alexandra Proklova

In her first JGP event in Košice, Slovakia, she won the silver medal with a total score 3.97 points less than gold medalist Karen Chen.

Andrássy

The full family name is "Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka." "Csíkszentkirály" is a town in modern-day Romania now called Sâncrăieni, while Krásna Hôrka is a castle in Slovakia.

Anton Ondruš

Anton Ondruš (born 27 March 1950 in Solčany, Czechoslovakia) is a former Slovak football player and considered one of the best defenders of the seventies.

Bohuslav Chňoupek

He covered the Slovak National Uprising, wrote about how the rule of the Communist Party in Slovakia had been established, about the flight of Yuri Gagarin, and he also wrote an essay about Andy Warhol.

Caproni Ca.3

The accident occurred at the conclusion of a flight to Campo Formido near Udine to Bratislava (capital of Slovakia).

Constitutional Act on the Czechoslovak Federation

The reform concerned Slovak autonomy; the concentration of governmental authority in Prague was a source of discontent within Slovakia throughout the 1960s, and the federalization of the Czechoslovak government codified in the 1968 constitutional amendments was virtually the only product of the reform movement associated with the Prague Spring to survive.

Czechoslovak Trade Union Association

On February 2, 1919, a Regional Trade Union Council of OSČ was formed in Slovakia, with a secretariat in Ružomberok.

Fantázia

The magazine was started in Šaľa, Slovakia by Ivan Aľakša, who served as its editor until 2006, when he withdrew to concentrate on publishing duties and was replaced by Juraj Malíček.

First Vienna Award

Poland later annexed further territories in northern Slovakia (on December 1, 1938, villages in Kysuce, Orava a Spiš) comprising 226 km², with 4,280 inhabitants.

Fleshgore

In their touring history, they have played 19 countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden and Germany, where they played Wacken Open Air in 2006.

Fraňo Štefunko

Štefunko begins with his freelance work two years after coming to Martin and soon becomes one of the founders of Slovak sculpture.

Hrubá

Hrubá Borša, village and municipality in western Slovakia in Senec District in the Bratislava Region

Jaroslav Babušiak

Jaroslav Babušiak (born September 6, 1984 in Kraľovany) is an alpine skier from Slovakia.

Jaroslava Bukvajová

Jaroslava Bukvajová (born November 17, 1975, in Banská Bystrica) is a Slovak cross country skier who competed from 1994 to 2004.

Jiří Třanovský

From 1631 until 1637, Třanovský was pastor at a church in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš in present-day Slovakia.

Johann Grueber

Though in poor health Grueber lived another 14 years as preacher and spiritual guide in the Jesuit schools of Trnava (Slovakia) and Sárospatak (Hungary) where he died in 1680.

Johann Kaspar Mertz

János Gáspár Mertz (Casparus Josephus Mertz) was born in Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary, now Bratislava (Slovakia).

Kochanovce

Adamovské Kochanovce, a village and municipality in Trenčín District, Trenčín Region, Slovakia

Košice-Barca

One of the principal features within Barca's catastral territory is Košice International Airport, which is the second largest in Slovakia.

Kysuca

In the valley of Kysuca south of Čadca, a railway and an international road (currently E75, in the future D3) passes through it.

Language law of Slovakia

According to the European Bureau for Lesser-Used Languages (EBLUL), the President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, said the issue was beyond being simply an affair between Slovakia and Hungary and was becoming an issue of the whole European Union because it harms the spirit of European integration and the principles of democracy.

Lúčka

Lúčka may refer to several places in Slovakia.

Martina Godályová

Martina Godályová (born 15 May 1975 in Šaľa) is a Slovak former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Melle van Gemerden

Van Gemerden was a member of the Netherlands team which took on Slovakia in the 2005 World Group quarter-finals and appeared both in the doubles, with Paul Haarhuis, and in the singles against Michal Mertiňák.

Miestodržiteľský palác

Miestodržiteľský palác (Vice Governor's palace in Bratislava) is an old and historically important building, located in capital of Slovakia, Bratislava, in the Main Square, Old Town.

Milan Kolibiar

Milan Kolibiar (* February 14, 1922 Detvianska Huta, † July 9, 1994 Bratislava) was a Slovak mathematician.

Ninera

One well-known ninera player in Slovakia is Tibor Koblicek, born in a small village of Turicky, near Cinobaňa in southern Slovakia.

Peter Škantár

Peter Škantár (born July 20, 1982 in Kežmarok) is a Slovak slalom canoer who has competed since the late 1990s along with his cousin Ladislav Škantár in the C-2 category.

Petr Kašpar

Petr "Kafé" Kašpar (born 26 June 1960 in Kolín) is a retired Czech football defender and currently executive currently serving as Director General of Slovak football club Slovan Bratislava.

Pittsburgh Agreement

Bielek, born in Slovakia, was vice-president and director of the Czecho Slovak Commercial Corp. of America, an import company founded in 1918.

Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly

In the first round of voting, the General Assembly and the Security Council concurrently and independently elected Giorgio Gaja (Italy), Hisashi Owada (Japan), Peter Tomka (Slovakia), and Xue Hanqin (China), but the two organs were deadlocked between two African candidates for the fifth available seat.

Štefanovce

Štefanovce may refer to several places in Slovakia notably in the Prešov Region.

Táncház

In addition, ethnic Hungarians outside of Hungary, such as those in Transylvania, Slovakia, and the Siret River valley of Moldavia, are also celebrated by the táncház movement.

Trenčianske

Trenčianske Stankovce, village and municipality in Trenčín District in north-western Slovakia

Trenčianske Bohuslavice, village and municipality in Nové Mesto nad Váhom District in western Slovakia

Trpín

Trpín, Krupina District, a municipality in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia

Ung County

The towns of Veľké Kapušany and Sobrance are now in Slovakia; the other towns mentioned are in Ukraine.

Vienna Volksoper

In 1987, the opera house was used for a scene set in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now part of Slovakia), for the James Bond film The Living Daylights, where Timothy Dalton made his debut as Bond near the very beginning of the film, where he first spotted the key female character Kara Milovy (played by Maryam d'Abo).

Viliam Loviska

Further he continued his study at The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia since 1982, where he studied in the Studio of Prof. Ladislav Snopek, Teodor Banik, and later in the Studio of Prof. Jan Kulich and Prof. Albín Brunovský.

White Carpathians

In this area, Lednica castle is located, perhaps the most inaccessible one amongst the castles in Slovakia.

Zemplínska

Zemplínska Nová Ves, village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia

Zsolt Harsányi

Born in Korompa, Upper Hungary (modern day Slovakia; Krompachy in Slovakian), Harsányi descended from a long line of Hungarian writers.